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UAE launches urgent humanitarian aid for flood- and landslide-hit Sri Lanka
The United Arab Emirates has initiated an urgent humanitarian response to assist communities affected by devastating floods and landslides across Sri Lanka.
Summary
Sri Lanka received a significant boost to its disaster relief efforts early this morning when the first humanitarian flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) landed at Katunayake International Airport. The supplies were transported aboard a C-17 Globemaster, the world's largest military cargo aircraft operated by the UAE Air Force.
What this story is about
People
- Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Sheikh
Organisations
- Joint Operations Command2
- UAE Aid Agency2
- Abu Dhabi Civil Defense Authority
- Emirates Red Crescent
- UAE Red Crescent
- UAE Air Force
Places
- Sri Lanka3
- UAE3
- United Arab Emirates2
- Katunayake International Airport.The
- Sri Lanka.Acting
- Wellampitiya
- Colombo
Keywords
- launches2
- urgent2
- teamsmotorcycles
- humanitarian
- devastating
- familytents
- globemaster
- directives
- terrainthe
- landslide
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